Darius Rucker – He’s raised another $220,000 for St Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis TN with a charity show and golf tourney last week. That boosts his annual benefit’s contribution to over $660,000 in total.

Willie Nelson / Merle Haggard – Their first album together in 30 years, “Django & Jimmie”, is #1 this week on the ‘Billboard Country Albums’ chart.★ We all know Shonda Rhimes can create and run a TV show (“Grey’s Anatomy”, “How to Get Away with Murder”, “Scandal”) but now the TV hitmaker is expanding her horizons and publishing her 1st book. It’s called “Year of Yes” and is due this November from Simon & Schuster. In December 2013, Rhimes decided to say ‘yes’ for 1 entire year to any and all unexpected invitations and options that came her way. She says it turned out to be one of the most amazing decisions she’s ever made. Her book will outline the results.– “USA Today”

Man Is Selling His Golf Clubs on Craigslist Because “My Wife No Longer Lets Me Play”

Married life isn’t quite the same as single life. And while most people eventually surrender to it . . . the change can be awfully SEVERE at first.

A guy named Tim K. in Wilmington, Delaware is feeling that pain.

A few days ago, Tim posted an ad on Craigslist selling his almost new set of golf clubs for $500. Why?

Quote, “I’m only selling them because I got married a year ago and my wife no longer lets me play golf. Actually she doesn’t let me do anything fun. I’d like to sell them to a single guy who has no intention of ever getting married.”

As for the price, it’s negotiable. Quote, “Looking to get $500, but realistically it doesn’t matter how much they sell for since the money will go toward buying my wife more useless [crap].”

Once the ad started going viral yesterday, Tim deleted it . . . probably because he was afraid his wife would find out about it. Then again, we kind of get the feeling that’s what he secretly WANTED.

THINGS THAT MAKE YA GO HMMMMM:• 70% of people do not handle conflict or stress effectively in the workplace.

42% of men and 27% of women NEVER use sunscreen.

25% of men check out an ex’s Facebook page at work so their partner won’t catch them doing it.

21% of women say the ultimate flattery is a compliment about their … handbag.

15% of employees say they feel respected and valued by their employers.

5% of us wish we had a microwave oven in the car.

From bad breath to car accidents, dehydration is a real health threat

It doesn’t take much to become dehydrated. Lose just 1.5% of the water in your body and you’ve reached the tipping point of mild dehydration. Which can cause many things.

It gives you bad breath

It’s easy to forget to drink water during a busy workday, but “Dehydration can give you bad breath,”

Keeping skin healthy and glowing requires drinking enough water. If you work out every day or are a caffeine fiend, for instance, then you’ll need to drink more. Because workouts make you sweat and caffeine is a diuretic, which can dehydrate you.

It may affect your ability to drive safely

New research shows that the number of driving errors doubled during a two-hour drive when drivers were dehydrated versus hydrated—an effect similar to driving while drunk It makes you

Tired

A mid-afternoon slump may have more to do with hydration than you think. “When you’re dehydrated your blood pressure drops, heart rate increases, blood flow to the brain slows — all of which can make you tired,”

It can give you the chills

It may seem counterintuitive, but dehydration can bring on chills. “This occurs because your body starts to limit blood flow to the skin,” says Dr. Podesta.

It can cause muscle cramps

A lack of water causes less blood circulation, which can make muscles cramp up.

It constipates you

Your body needs water to keep things moving through your colon.

It can give you a headache

Dehydration can cause headaches in a couple of different ways. “Lack of water affects your body’s serotonin levels, which can give you headaches,” says Dr. Casciari. In addition, small blood vessels in the brain respond quickly to hydration levels (which is also behind hangover headaches), leading to dull aches and even full-blown migraines. Try downing a glass or two of water the next time you have a headache and you may discover it disappears

“Jurassic World” Had the Second Biggest Opening Ever with $204.6 Million

“Jurassic World” was estimated to make about $135 million this weekend, which would have been great. But it ended up pulling in $204.6 million . . . which was close to a record.

It was the second-best opening weekend in HISTORY, behind “The Avengers”, which made $207 million in its opening weekend in 2012. “Jurassic World” did set the record for highest worldwide opening of all time, with $511.8 million.

The original “Jurassic Park” opened with a mere $47 million in 1993 . . . “The Lost World: Jurassic Park” opened with $72.1 million in 1997 . . . and “Jurassic Park 3” opened with $50.8 million in 2001.

It goes without saying that there will be a sequel. And CHRIS PRATT says he’s on board.

Meanwhile, a “Jurassic Park” fan site calculated what it would cost to build an ACTUAL Jurassic Park. Obviously, they did a lot of guessing, but they came up with a figure of $23.4 BILLION . . . plus $11.9 billion in annual costs.

Here are the weekend’s Top movies:

NEW: “Jurassic World”, $204.6 million.

“Spy”, $16 million. Up to $56.9 million in its 2nd week.

“San Andreas”, $11 million. Up to $119 million in its 3rd week.

“Insidious Chapter 3”, $7.3 million. Up to $37.4 million in its 2nd week.

“Pitch Perfect 2”, $6 million. Up to $171 million in its 5th week.

NEVER WASH YOUR BIRD:Britain’s Food & Drink Federation has warned that rinsing a chicken under the tap may seem like a sensible and hygienic thing to do … but the exact opposite it true.

It can spread any bacteria on the chicken to nearby surfaces and foods. Food safety experts say that rinsing poultry is unnecessary in the first place because the cooking process kills food poisoning bacteria.

And rinsing the bird under the tap actually splashes any bacteria on the bird onto nearby utensils, kitchen surfaces, and foods.– ANI